Mark got the bags out of the truck and headed up to Katlyn's room with them. Katlyn had already gone to the kitchen to get them a drink. Mark took the bags in and set them on her bed. He looked down at the building plans confused as to what they were. He picked them up and seen they were plans to the museum. He saw all the notes in the margin and realization as to what was going on dawned on him. The anger hit him full force. After everything he had done to help her, and she was falling right back into her old ways.
Katlyn walked in her room and stopped when she saw Mark had the plans in his hands. The look on his face said it all. "I thought ya had changed Katy, I thought I could trust ya and the whole time behind my back you was up to the same old tricks." Mark said coldly.
Katlyn had never heard Mark talk to her in that cold tone of voice and it broke her heart.
"Those cops told you I was bad news." Katlyn said. She wasn't going to try to defend her self; she knew it wouldn't do any good. Marks first instinct was to tell her to get out, just go, but even in his anger he couldn't, he loved this girl even though she had broke his heart. He thought he could trust her and that all she needed was a break.
Katlyn knew she had hurt Mark, she wished she could go back and change things but she couldn't. Tears swam in her eyes. She knew she had lost Mark.
"Well girl looks like ya never had nobody to teach ya right from wrong, so I guess I'll give ya your first lesson." Mark said.
Katlyn closed her eyes and waited for him to beat her, she knew he was going to beat her just like Tom had, she knew it was only a matter of time, adults were tricky like that.
Katlyn was surprised to find her self being picked up. She opened her eyes and seen Mark was carrying her over to the chair in the corner of the room.
"Whhat are you doing?" Katlyn asked near tears already.
"I'm not Tom, child. I'm not going to beat ya. I am going to tan yer hide good." Mark said setting down on the chair and tossing Katlyn across his lap.
Katlyn thought about begging him not to, but she knew she had hurt him, betrayed him, hell she deserved it.
"What no kicking, screaming or crying?" Mark asked surprised she wasn't trying to get away.
"I deserve it." Katlyn said quietly.
Her quite words were almost Mark's undoing. But if she was going to stay with him she had to learn. He could let her up now and tell her just to go and get out of his life, but he couldn't do that. The thought of being with out her was unbearable. Mark's anger surfaced once again as he thought about how good things had been between them. Mark wrapped his arm around her waist and lifted his hand and brought it down hard on her bottom.
Katlyn flinched but didn't cry out.
"Katy I'm not going to sit by and let you screw up your life." Mark said and he continued to smack her bottom.
"You're going to straighten up and finish school and do something with yer life." Mark said.
Mark punctuated each word with a hard smack to her bottom. At first it hadn't hurt that bad but as he continued Katlyn had to bite her lip not to cry out. He bottom was on fire from his well placed smacks.
Mark quit his lecture then and brought his hand down several more times till he heard her start sobbing and crying. Mark lifted her and was going to put her on her bed but she clung to him crying. Mark wrapped his arms around her holding her while she cried.
"I'm sorry Mark." She whispered through her tears.
Mark carried her to the bed and sat with her on his lap.
"Katy Darlin, I love ya so much, I really do, and I just want to see ya do something with yer life and I'm not going to stand by while ya screw it up, I care about ya too much." Mark said kissing her on the head. Mark held her till she fell asleep. He laid her gently on the bed and pulled the covers over her. He looked at her. Okay so they had a set back, this wasn't the end of the world. He should have expected something like this. She was raised to steal that's all she knows. They would get past this. When she woke up they would have a talk and get everything out in the open. There must be some reason why she fell back to her old ways. Mark sighed and turned and left the room.
Katlyn opened her eyes. Mark was gone. He must be downstairs. She looked at the clock. She hadn't slept long. Katlyn knew what she had to do. For the first time in her life she was going to do the right thing. She got up and went to the balcony. She got on the edge and grabbed the tree that was growing near and shimmed down. She knew what she had to do. Maybe if she did the right thing Mark would forgive her. That's all she wanted in the world right now was Mark to forgive her and for things to go back to the way they was. She took off through the woods. She didn't have a lot of time and she had a lot to do.